twodayslate

Widget to display your site’s most recent categories.
Current options:
<ul>
<li>Max number of categories to display</li>
<li>Title</li>
<li>Display date</li>
<li>Icon (if set by <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-category-icons/" rel="ugc">Simple Cateogry Icon</a>)</li>
<li>Display post count</li>
</ul>
GitHub: https://github.com/twodayslate/Recent-Categories-Widget

Recent Categories

Show your site's most recently used categories!

This Related Posts Plugin for WordPress displays links to a given number of Posts that are related to the current post(s) by Tags or Categories. It can Automatically add links to Related Posts at the bottom of every Post or you can drop the Widget on your sidebar.
Settings: Excluding posts, categories, and tags; section heading; number of links; display post date; and excerpts.

EZ Related Posts Footer Links and Widget

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